Editing Teltow-Fläming

{{Infobox District DE
|name=Teltow-Fläming
|image_coa = Wappen des Landkreises Teltow-Fläming.svg
|image_flag = Hissflagge des Landkreises Teltow-Fläming.svg
|state = Brandenburg
|capital = [[Luckenwalde]]
|area = 2,092.0
|Kreisschlüssel = 12072
| district_admin    = Kornelia Wehlan
| admin_party       = The Left
|carsign = TF
|url = [http://www.teltow-flaeming.de teltow-flaeming.de]
|map ={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1208}}
}}
'''Teltow-Fläming''' ({{IPA|de|ˈtɛltoː ˈflɛːmɪŋ}}) is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the southwestern part of [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]. Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) [[Dahme-Spreewald]], [[Elbe-Elster]], the districts [[Wittenberg (district)|Wittenberg]] in [[Saxony-Anhalt]], the district [[Potsdam-Mittelmark]], and the ''Bundesland'' [[Berlin]].
[[File:Jueterbog Kloster Zinna Kloster 01.jpg|thumb|Zinna Abbey in Jüterbog, Brandenburg, Germany]]

==Geography==
The district is named after the two main regions. The '''[[Teltow (region)|Teltow]]''' is an agricultural belt south of [[Berlin]]. The [[Fläming]] is a wooded hill chain in the south; the portion located in this district is called the Lower Fläming, while the Higher Fläming is situated in [[Potsdam-Mittelmark]].

==History==
The district was formed in December 1993 by merging the previous districts Luckenwalde, Jüterbog and Zossen, but also including small parts from other former districts such as [[Luckau]].

== Demography ==
<gallery widths="250" heights="200">
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Landkreis Teltow-Fläming.pdf|Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state. Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule.)
File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Landkreis Teltow-Fläming.pdf|Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the [[Census in Germany]] in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
</gallery>

{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr
|title = Landkreis Teltow-Fläming: Population development <br>within the current boundaries (2017)<ref>Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]</ref>
| 1875 | 86834
| 1890 | 96168
| 1910 | 110132
| 1925 | 117872
| 1933 | 125505
| 1939 | 156063
| 1946 | 174751
| 1950 | 173975
| 1964 | 158225
| 1971 | 160970
| 1981 | 154974
| 1985 | 154227
| 1989 | 152846
| 1990 | 150136
| 1991 | 147388
| 1992 | 147160
| 1993 | 145932
| 1994 | 146785
| 1995 | 148133
| 1996 | 150241
| 1997 | 153244
| 1998 | 155895
| 1999 | 158326
| 2000 | 159735
| 2001 | 160414
| 2002 | 160708
| 2003 | 161146
| 2004 | 161400
| 2005 | 161902
| 2006 | 162383
| 2007 | 162320
| 2008 | 162073
| 2009 | 161847
| 2010 | 161386
| 2011 | 159511
| 2012 | 159686
| 2013 | 160448
| 2014 | 161488
| 2015 | 163553
| 2016 | 164771
| 2017 | 166890
| 2018 | 168296
| 2019 | 169997
}}

==Miscellaneous==
In the time from 1997 to 2001, the district had the biggest increase in the [[Gross national product|gross economic product]] of all districts of Germany with a rate of +56.1%.[http://www.zeit.de/2004/02/Flensburg] ''Flaeming-Skate'' is a {{Convert|160|km|0|abbr=on}} long route specially for [[inline skating]], the only such route in Germany.  Curiously, the town of [[Teltow]] is not a part of the district Teltow-Fläming, just as the town of [[Dahme, Brandenburg|Dahme]] is not a part of the district of [[Dahme-Spreewald]].

==Coat of arms==
[[File:Banner des Landkreises Teltow-Fläming laut Hauptsatzung.svg|thumb|right|150px|District banner of Teltow-Fläming]]
The coat of arms show the eagle of Brandenburg to the left, as the [[margrave]]s of Brandenburg began to rule the northern and northwestern part of the district in the 13th century. To the right is a staff of an abbot. It symbolizes the clerical state of [[Magdeburg]], to which the southern and middle part of the district belonged. The black-and-white checkered bottom derives from the coat of arms of the family of Torgow, who owned the area around Zossen until 1478.

After the creation of the new district a public contest was held to create a coat of arms for the district. Out of ten proposals the parliament of the district selected the one made by the designer Horst Nehls from Merow. The coat of arms were officially granted by ministry of interior of Brandenburg on November 21, 1996.

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district TF|Municipalities in TF.png|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}
{|
! width=33% align=left|Amt-free towns
! width=33% align=left|Amt-free municipalities
! width=33% align=left|[[Amt (political division)|Amt]]
|- valign=top
||
#[[Baruth/Mark]]
#[[Jüterbog]]
#[[Luckenwalde]]
#[[Ludwigsfelde]]
#[[Trebbin]]
#[[Zossen]]
||
#[[Am Mellensee]]
#[[Blankenfelde-Mahlow]]
#[[Großbeeren]]
#[[Niedergörsdorf]]
#[[Nuthe-Urstromtal]]
#[[Rangsdorf]]
||
'''1.''' [[Dahme/Mark (Amt)|Dahme/Mark]]
#[[Dahme, Brandenburg|Dahme]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
#[[Dahmetal]]
#[[Ihlow, Brandenburg|Ihlow]]
#[[Niederer Fläming]]
<br><sup>1</sup>seat of the Amt; <sup>2</sup>town
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Landkreis Teltow-Fläming|Teltow-Fläming}}
* [http://www.teltow-flaeming.de Official website] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.flaeming-skate.de/en/home.php Flaeming-Skate]

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